Tree roots exposed to freezing temperature
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:15 pm
Could anyone please tell me if there is any hope for my newly planted apple tree in this situation:
I discovered that my younger apple trees produce much better in the front yard than in the backyard. I don’t know the reason for this but last year when I relocated one of my 6/7 year-old trees, I got more apples than in all of the previous years combined. This year I was hoping to do the same with another tree. After replanting and pruning, it looked fine and the buds began to swell.
However we had a sudden and sharp drop of temperature from +8 and heavy rain the day before to -7 at night. Unfortunately, the night the temperature dropped, some animal visited the tree and dug around the trunk, leaving the main root exposed. I only saw this the next day in the afternoon. The temperatures climbed back to +4 - +12 today but I noticed that the buds stopped growing; they haven’t changed in size in a week since the frost, while the other tree next to it continues to wake up.
Does it mean the root was damaged and the tree is dead? Is there any hope the tree will recover next season?
Thank you.
I discovered that my younger apple trees produce much better in the front yard than in the backyard. I don’t know the reason for this but last year when I relocated one of my 6/7 year-old trees, I got more apples than in all of the previous years combined. This year I was hoping to do the same with another tree. After replanting and pruning, it looked fine and the buds began to swell.
However we had a sudden and sharp drop of temperature from +8 and heavy rain the day before to -7 at night. Unfortunately, the night the temperature dropped, some animal visited the tree and dug around the trunk, leaving the main root exposed. I only saw this the next day in the afternoon. The temperatures climbed back to +4 - +12 today but I noticed that the buds stopped growing; they haven’t changed in size in a week since the frost, while the other tree next to it continues to wake up.
Does it mean the root was damaged and the tree is dead? Is there any hope the tree will recover next season?
Thank you.